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#ECC8BD

Baby Pink · very light warm pink

About #ECC8BD

#ECC8BD is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.6), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDE1EC (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green200
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.6
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.4
Apricot
#FBCEB1 · ΔE 10.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #ECC8BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC8BD.
1.55:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #ECC8BD.
13.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECC8BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECC8BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0CCBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D2BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6C3C5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECC8BD?

#ECC8BD is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 78% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 20% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECC8BD?

Use black text. Black on #ECC8BD has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECC8BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDE1EC, and analogous partners are #ECBDCA and #ECE0BD.